The Supreme Court of Texas on Friday paved the way for the potential execution of Robert Roberson, whose planned October 17 execution date for a 2002 murder was postponed at the last minute as a bipartisan group of lawmakers sought his testimony over innocence concerns and faulty science in the case.

The Texas Supreme Court cleared the way on Friday for the southern US state to set a new execution date for an autistic man convicted in a problematic "shaken baby" case.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used it last month to pause Robert Roberson’s execution. Roberson,

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said the execution of Robert Roberson, which would be the first over a death from shaken baby syndrome, can move forward after halting it last month.

State lawmakers had stopped Robert Roberson’s execution at the last minute in an unusual legal maneuver.

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled a House committee overstepped its authority when it effectively stalled Robert Roberson’s execution by issuing an eleventh-hour subpoena. The ruling clears the way for prosecutors to seek a new execution date for Roberson.

The Texas Supreme Court has denied lawmakers' bid to use their subpoena power to halt the execution of a death row inmate for his daughter’s “shaken baby” death, paving the way for it to proceed.

Robert Roberson was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Oct. 17 when lawmakers, in a last-ditch effort, issued a subpoena to have him testify at the Texas Capitol days after his planned execution.